USAID Supports the Ministry of Justice to Open Two Free Legal Aid Centers in Naryn and Kochkor

USAID Supports the Ministry of Justice to Open Two Free Legal Aid Centers in Naryn and Kochkor

On April 19, 2018, the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic, with the support of the USAID Collaborative Governance Program (CGP), inaugurated Free Legal Aid Centers (FLACs) in the city of Naryn and in Kochkor village of Naryn Oblast. These centers provide free legal consultations to citizens, including the rural population and vulnerable groups, and increase the public’s knowledge of human rights and available resources to improve access to justice. The USAID CGP is assisting the Ministry of Justice in its initiative to increase the availability of legal aid and previously supported the opening of four FLACs, including in Isfana and Kadamjay in Batken Oblast, and in Jalal-Abad city and Bazar-Korgon village in Jalal-Abad Oblast. The USAID CGP also provides technical assistance to improve the quality of the legal services provided by the 20 existing FLACs around the country.

Deputy Prosecutor of Kochkor district, Counselor of Justice of the second grade Shaparkul Abdyrazaev (from left), Mission Director of the USAID/Kyrgyz Republic Kimberly Rosen, Director of the Center for Coordination of State-Guaranteed Legal Aid under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic Akzhol Kalbekov, and Chairman of the Council of Defense Attorneys of the Kyrgyz Republic Bilim Raiymkulov cut a ribbon to inaugurate the new Free Legal Aid Center in Kochkor village of Naryn Oblast.

Director of the Center for Coordination of State-Guaranteed Legal Aid under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic Akzhol Kalbekov (from left), Head of the Kochkor District State Administration Nurlan Kerimkulov, Mission Director of the USAID/Kyrgyz Republic Kimberly Rosen, and Project Management Specialist of the USAID/Kyrgyz Republic Erkin Konurbaev with participants of the inauguration ceremony at the new Free Legal Aid Center in Kochkor village, Naryn Oblast.

Mission Director of the USAID/Kyrgyz Republic Kimberly Rosen (from left), Plenipotentiary representative of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Amanbai Kaiypov, Director of the Center for Coordination of State-Guaranteed Legal Aid under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic Akzhol Kalbekov, and Chairman of the Council of Defense Attorneys of the Kyrgyz Republic Bilim Raiymkulov cut a ribbon to inaugurate the new Free Legal Aid Center in Naryn city of Naryn Oblast.

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